Quang Tri

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged the north central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue to speed up the disbursement of Formosa compensation so that the first payment phase will have to complete on schedule by the end of this year.

The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control’s permanent board and the Department of Disaster Prevention and Control for the Central region will establish two working groups to aid flood recovery in the Central provinces.

Because of the powerful operation of on- going cold front and east monsoon, heavy- very heavy rains have covered the north central provinces from Quang Tri to Phu Yen starting November 1 with the average rainfall of 100- 300 mm, even up to 300- 500 mm in some localities of Thua Thien- Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai, reported the Central Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center.

VGP – Floods killed at least five people and more than 27,000 houses submerged by floodwater in the central provinces of Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue, and Quang Tri, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

The PM has recently approved a master plan for construction of Quang Tri province’s Southeast Quang Tri Economic Zone (EZ) until 2035, with a vision to 2050, aiming to build the zone into an area of vibrant and sustainable economic development and a centre for investment attraction and cargo transshipment in the region, while ensuring national defence and security.

VGP – The ministries of Natural Resources and Environment, Health, Agriculture and Rural Development September 20 jointly convened a press briefing on marine environment and seafood safety in the four central provinces after the April mass fish deaths caused by Formosa.